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Food and insulin release


	Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas in response to increased glucose levels in the blood. Update Date: 10/06/2008 Deborah Wexler, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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